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 LC    Straight-billed Earthcreeper* Id (Atlas):
    Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Ochetorhynchus ruficauda [BirdLife International (2004)], Ochetorhynchus ruficauda [Stotz et al. (1996)], Upucerthia ruficauda [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Upucerthia ruficauda [Stotz et al. (1996)], Upucerthia ruficauda [BirdLife International (2008)]

Other Names (World)
Straight-billed Earthcreeper, Meyen's Earthcreeper

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
16 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Meyen, 1834)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,300 - 4,300 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Straight-billed Earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus) [XC507263]
     by Carlos Ferrari from Salta: Los Colorados (5), PN Cardones, Argentina (song, end of song)

 
Straight-billed Earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus) [XC90531]
     by Cristian Pinto from Putre, XV Region, Chile (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes included with Bolivian Earthcreeper (Tarphonomus harterti) and Chaco Earthcreeper (Tarphonomus certhioides) in a separate genus Ochetorhynchus, but plumage similarities suggest a closer relationship to Rock Earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus andaecola). Differences in coloration of nominate subspecies between northern and southern extremes (with darker and less reddish upperparts in south) indicate either strong clinal variation or, perhaps, an undescribed subspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • montanus d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838   -  Andes of southern Peru (Arequipa to Tacna), Bolivia (La Paz south to Potosí­), northern Chile (Tarapacá, and probably eastern Antofagasta) and northern Argentina (Jujuy south to Catamarca).
  • famatinae (Nores, 1986)   -  North-western Argentina (Sierra de Famatina, in La Rioja).
  • ruficaudus (Meyen, 1834)   -  Andes of western Argentina (San Juan south to southern Chubut) and adjacent Chile (south to Santiago).



References
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Files:
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